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Carriage Seat.

Patented June 2, 1868.

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JOHN H. ADAMS, OFTORTLAND, MAINE.

Letters Patent No. 78,563, dated June 2, 1868.

IMPROVEMENT IN CARRIAGE-SEAT.

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. Beit known that I, JOHN H, ADAMS,'0f Portland, in the county of Cumberland, .aud State of Maine, have inventedn new and useful Improved Carriage-Seat; and I hereby declare the following to be: a. full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others to make and use my invention, reference being had to'the accompanying drawings, forming part'of this specification, in which is shown a perspective of a carriage-body with my improvement connected therewith.

My invention relates to an improvement in the manner of connecting with a carriage-body a certain kind of seats now in common use. I refer to those seats that rest upon the upper edges of the carriage. sides, and made'to slide backward andforward thereupon.

These seats are to be seen on what arc called express-wagons and baggage-wagons. They are generally held in place by a simple projection ex tending down from the inside of the seat, and lapping over the inner edges of the sides of the, carriage-body. a will serve as an illustration of this kind of fastening.

There are two objections to this fastening. First, the seat, by the motion and shaking of the carriage when in use, will slide backward-or forward, when not desired'so to do,'as it is not held in any particular place and second, by the jolting-of thecarriage it is very often the case that the seat is thrown out, with itsoccupants, thus endangering their security, especially if the animal attached to the vehicle is frightened or unmanageable;

My invention proposes to obviate these objections, as follows: The first method is shown at-b, which is a horizontalarm, hinged or jointed, at c, to thecarriage sides. At 01 it enters a'catch, and is secured by a bolt, I

which, when turned in one way, allows the slot in the end of the arm to slip over the head of the'bolt, and when the bolt is turned, so that the head is across the slot, will 'hold the arm securely. To the seat A is attached a projection, c, with an ear, f, which hooks under the bar I) when secured in position. This is illustrated at the bar lettered b in the drawing. With this kind of fastening it is apparent that the seat can 'be allowed to slide, but it cannot be lifted or shaken out of place till the bar 6 is unbolted and swung back.

Another form is seen at g, where/the sliding backward and forward of the seat is prevented by the projection 0 fitting between studs It projecting from the arm 5'. This arm 6 is represented as fastened by a vertical pin, 1'. his evident that both I; and b can be swung quite'around, as illustrated by the dotted linesj, so as to hold the seat at the other end of the carriage, by providing the stud k to receive and hold the bar. 7

Another method is shown at I, wherein. clamp is bolted t'o the carriages sides, havingthe part m so far pro- ,jecting as to allow the earf to drop down through the space between it and the sides of the carriage. Then by sliding the seat along until the projection s comes under the part a, the earfwill hold the seat in its place. A holt can be entered at 0 to prevent the projection 11 from slipping outinto the part 122, and thus being liable to be thrown out. The seat may beheld somewhat more evenly by employing also the common device a.

Thus the seat can be used in any carriage of this general form, so as to slide readily backward or forward, in order that the cnrriage'body can carry loads of different articles or packages, may be easily removable, and

still be held securely in place when desired.

It is obvious that those devices may be applied to the-insideoroutside of the body, as illustrated.

Itis also e vident that, with slight modifications, different-methods of holdin'gthe bars?) 6 can be employed.

It isalso evident that'these devices, where carriage-tops are secured to the seatsthereoi, may be employed as a method of securing said tops, and also when said tops are not thus secured.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The swinging hingedor pivoted bar b, 'either with or without the studs-h, in combination with the pro jection e, the said bar 5 being attached as setforth, to the carriage sides, andcapable of beingfas tened thereto, as set forth, and the projection e to the carriage-seat, as and for the purposes described.

2. The clamp l, in combination with the projection 12 on the seat, as and fertile purposes described, the said clamp I being secured as herein set forth.

JOHN ADAMS.

Witnesses:

WM. FRANK SEAVEY, Hams C. Hous'ron- 

